Sometimes I wonder how much impact we as the Lebo's Lunatics have on other people--students, players, even coaches. Not a lot--just sometimes.
Well last night we beat Arkansas at BEMC, and we enjoyed heckling Courtney Fortson so much, it may have gotten to his head. He fouled out, and added a technical foul to boot. Six fouls--not too shabby.
I in particular had fun yelling at Arkansas head coach John Pelphrey. See, he left South Alabama (the other school I root for) a couple years ago to coach where he stands today. Sure, I'm bitter about him leaving the Jaguars, and I think that fueled the fire even more. I shouted a lot of things about discipline of the team since they had committed so many unnecessary fouls.
It really seemed to get into their heads, and today maybe, just maybe, we have seen the effects of heckling John Pelphrey: Fortson suspended. I mean, wow. I'd love to think that the Lunatics have something to do with this, and honestly, we may have. Regardless, it's good to see more discipline off the court.
John Pelphrey is a great coach. I want him to succeed because I know he has more than enough talent to do well at this level. It is a shame, though, that one of his players was such an easy target to such exquisitely crafted verbal abuse.
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